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| 8564540752 | Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. Leading the confederacy would prove difficult, as the South's constitution stated its own states could secede. Some state troops refused to serve outside their borders. Davis often had disputes with his own congress. | 0 | |
| 8564610645 | Writ of Habeas Corpus | stated that a citizen could not be held without a trial. was suspended by Lincoln since the Congress was not in session | 1 | |
| 8564659427 | draft riots | Congress passed a federal draft law in 1863. Men who were called in the draft could pay $300 to buy a replacement, so it was unfair to the poor. Poor irish Americans rioted. South also resorted to conscriptions, and men could buy exemption | 2 | |
| 8564770701 | border states | Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. They were the only slave states that hadn't seceded from the Union. The Border States contained the Ohio River, a vital necessity for both the North and South. Lincoln's official reason for the war was to preserve the Union, not to end slavery. Supporting an end to slavery would likely have caused the pro-slavery Border States to also secede. | 3 | |
| 8564782033 | Fort Sumter | first shots. Fort Sumter, in the Charleston harbor, needed supplies in order to support its men. Therefore, Lincoln told the South that the North was sending provisions to the fort, not supplies for reinforcement. Taking the move by Lincoln as an act of aggression, the South Carolinians fired upon Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. | 4 | |
| 8564798938 | South Carolina's assault on Fort Sumter | Caused four more Upper south states to secede and join the Confederacy | 5 | |
| 8564806895 | Anaconda Plan | 3 Part Military Strategy 1) Naval Blockade 2) Union boats down Mississippi -Split Confederacy 3) Capture Richmond -South's capital | 6 | |
| 8564825329 | Federal Conscription Law | 7 | ||
| 8600918253 | Total War | towards end of civil war, attacked civilian targets | 8 | |
| 8600918254 | Maryland | most border states stayed willingly, which one was taken with martial law? | 9 | |
| 8600918255 | Reverdy Johnson | senator from Maryland who was Dred Scott's defense attorney | 10 | |
| 8601020955 | who were the border states | Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia | 11 |
